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The Art of Courtroom Questioning: Strengthening your trial story and mitigating examiner errors

November 6, 2024

Chris Arledge, Partner at Ellis George LLP and the creator and director of Ellis George’s Trial Academy presented a continuing legal education seminar titled, “The Art of Courtroom Questioning: Strengthening your trial story and mitigating examiner errors”. The program covers the components of an effective story, explain how a questioner can improve each of the components of an effective story, and will provide examples of how an examiner’s mistakes can weaken a story’s components or even leave the trial story without some necessary components.

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